Year 6 worked with Tim from Wessex Water exploring our use of water and how it is cleaned so we can enjoy water that is clean and safe. They investigated the best way to filter dirty water to remove dirt and debris.
Wessex Water visit
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Year 6 Speed Camera morning
Year 6 children spent an interesting morning measuring the speed of traffic outside our school gates. Speeding motorists were encouraged to think about the safety of our children, staff and parents, and the reasons for a 30mph limit around the school.
Douglas Strickland Award Evening
Year 2 represented St Mary’s in style at the Douglas Strickland Bursary 30th anniversary awards evening on Tuesday. They recited a choral poem about Christopher Columbus which they have been learning as part of their topic about Explorers.
We attended the evening to receive a donation from the bursary, with which we have purchased some class sets of books to support the teaching of reading across the school.
A huge thank you must be said to the bursary as we have received many generous donations over the years which we have used to buy a variety of resources to support the teaching of the arts across the school.
Green Team: Unnecessary Packaging
The school Green Team recently visited the Budgens and Coop supermarkets in the town to look at how much unnecessary packaging is being used. They also asked members of the public what they thought and they agreed unanimously that it should be reduced. Next the Green Team will be writing to the supermarkets to ask if this is possible.
Year 4 Hockey Festival
Year 4 had a fantastic afternoon of hockey at The Purbeck School. We spent the first half of the afternoon with, sports leaders of the school. We practised how to carry the ball, the block tackle, passing and shooting. The second part of the afternoon was spent playing matches against other local primary schools. St Mary’s won all three of their matches, winning 1-0 , 1-0 and 1-0.
Well done to all the children that took part, it was great to see all the hard work you have put into hockey club at school come together in the matches.
Netball Success
Congratulations to the two teams we sent to the Purbeck Sports Netball Competition. Our A team won the competition and now progress to the Dorset Games. Our B team came second, only losing to the A team.
Plastic-Free Schools
St Mary’s has signed up to the Plastic-Free Schools campaign organised by Surfers Against Sewage.
We want to eliminate all single use plastic from our school and as a start we collected all the single-use plastic from our lunchboxes and identified three items that we could try not to use.
These are our top three:
Green Team Beach Clean
The Green Team visited Swanage beach on a very damp afternoon for a beach clean. They found a wide collection of rubbish to remove, including plastic, glass and dead fish and rays.
PE kit update
Please see the school uniform page for an updated list of PE kit, and a change to the requirements from September 2019.
Year 4 Handball
A selection of Year 4 pupils represented the school when they took part in the Purbeck School Handball festival. They spent the afternoon working in teams taking part in skill-based games & drills, whilst learning the rules to the game. The final part to the day was then spent playing matches against other local primary schools within the Purbeck area.
